Thoughts of the day
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed in the past two months since being at school is that everybody is stressed, depressed, and anxious for so many different reasons. Now, take what I say with a grain of salt and I am not trying to invalidate your emotions because they are valid instead we must be mature about the way we act and handle our emotions. Depression is a really hard thing to wrap your head around and sometimes it controls me or I am able to control it. However, the one thing that I can do is always be aware. Being aware of the way it’s making me feel, being aware of other people's depression, and being aware that I am still being respectful and kind to others even when I’m down. I think a lot of times we get carried away and blame depression on a lot of things. I’ve blamed my depression on my late homework or not going to class but what I will never do is blame my depression on somebody else. My depression is not caused by other people it’s just something that appears in my brain that I cannot control. It doesn’t stem from a specific thing it just stems from my mind and my body and the way it all works. If anything people and things can be triggers but it is not the root cause. Again, this can be the same with anxiety or any other mental illness. It’s very important to take a few steps back when you’re feeling overstimulated or very overwhelmed and sad. This is because if we continue to put ourselves in situations that make us uncomfortable we may have symptoms and emotions that become heightened. We need to learn to be mature and understand what we’re feeling inside of our bodies and what we can do to help ourselves out. I’m no expert but when I feel a depressive episode coming on or I am just not feeling the greatest and I know I’m going to be very rude to people I make sure to isolate myself so I can calm down. That could be going for a walk, going to the gym, painting or drying, or talking to someone on the phone that is always there to listen like a parent or a really good friend. But something really important that I would recommend doing is journaling it’s a place for you to get your feelings out and express all your anger. Journaling is a different kind of feeling it’s a good feeling. My number one rule is that you can’t bottle up all your emotions and then let them explode because that creates a pattern. Look, school is hard man it’s definitely not easy and there’s gonna be times when we’re very low but those low times are just a moment it’s not gonna last forever.
